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The storm that has raged for centuries

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant anticyclone - a high-pressure storm system - that has been observed for well over a century, and possibly much longer. Winds around its edge reach speeds far greater than any hurricane on Earth, yet the storm rotates calmly within Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere. Because Jupiter has no solid surface, the spot is not a weather event over land but a permanent feature of a gas giant's swirling cloud bands.

A sport older than the modern Games

Water polo was introduced at the 1900 Paris Olympics, making it the oldest continuous team sport in the Olympic programme. It began as a rough exhibition of strength in Victorian Britain, more wrestling match than swimming contest, before evolving into the tactical, fast-moving game played today. Its early inclusion means water polo has a longer unbroken Olympic history than football, basketball or hockey.

A gallery in sound

Modest Mussorgsky composed "Pictures at an Exhibition" in 1874 as a piano suite inspired by a memorial exhibition of works by his friend, the artist Viktor Hartmann. The music follows a visitor wandering from picture to picture, linked by a recurring "Promenade" theme. Maurice Ravel later orchestrated the suite, and that colourful version helped turn a deeply personal tribute into one of the most performed works in the concert hall.

One novel, countless adaptations

Elizabeth Bennet, the quick-witted heroine of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", first appeared in 1813. Austen's novel has never been out of print and has inspired films, television series and modern retellings, from Bridget Jones's Diary to zombie pastiches. Part of its endurance lies in Elizabeth herself: observant, stubborn and willing to admit when she has misjudged someone.

Money with many names

Peru's currency is the sol, a name that echoes the country's colonial past and the Spanish word for "sun". The sol was reintroduced in the 1990s after a period of severe inflation, replacing the inti. Elsewhere in Latin America, currencies carry their own distinct identities - the lempira honours a Lenca chief, while the guaraní takes its name from the indigenous people of the region.